To celebrate International Pathology Day 2022, we're taking you behind the scenes at the Peter Mac Pathology department.

The incredibly skilled team diagnose cancers and help decide the individualised cancer treatments we provide for every single patient.

The 24-hour on-site service provides biochemistry, haematology, anatomical pathology and diagnostic molecular pathology - receiving nearly 200,000 pathology requests per year (that's an average of over 500 every single day).

Patient bloods or specimens collected during any sort of procedure, as an inpatient or in our outpatient pathology clinic - go straight to our on-site pathologists for analysis.

They also perform all the genetic testing for cancer patients across Australia and New Zealand, not just at Peter Mac.

Pathologists can also examine changes in tissue, blood and other bodily fluid samples to gain an understanding of the potential for disease development, the cause or severity of disease and/or to monitor the progress of disease, effectiveness of treatment and your general health.

Watch the video tour below.